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Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit

National University of Ireland, Galway

Water Quality Estimates

References to the source of each observation in the table below are available below. The table is also available to download
here (opens in new window, excel file 32KB). If you use the information from the table in your research work please reference it using SEMRU (2012). Marine Economics Data Portal,
http://www.nuigalway.ie/semru/water_quality_estimates.html

Del Saz-Salazar, S.,Hernández-Sancho, F. and R. Sala-Garrido (2009) âThe social benefits of restoring water quality in the context of the Water Framework Directive: A comparison of willingness to pay and willingness to acceptâ, Science of the Total Environment, 407: 4574–4583

Hanley, N., Bell, D., and Alvarez-Farizo, B. (2001) âValuing the benefits of coastal water quality improvements using contingent and real behaviourâ, Submission to World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Environmental and Resource Economics

Hanley, N. Wright, R.E. and Alvarez-Farizo, B. (2006) âEstimating the economic value of improvements in river ecology using choice experiments: an application to the Water Framework Directiveâ, Journal of Environmental Management, 78: 183-193

Machado, F. S. and Mourato, S. (1998) âImproving the assessment of water related health impacts: evidence from coastal waters in Portugalâ Paper presented at the First World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics, Venice, June 1998, pp. 25–27

Martin-Ortega, J. and Berbel, J. (2010) "Using multi-criteria analysis to explore non-market monetary values of water quality changes in the context of the Water Framework Directive", Science of the Total Environment, 408 (2010) 3990–3997

Miliadou, D. (1997) âEconomic valuation of non-use values of wetlands: an application of the contingent valuation method for Lake Kerkini in Greeceâ M.Sc. thesis, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management.

Moran, D. and Dann, S. (2008) "The economic value of water use: Implications for implementing the Water Framework Directive in Scotland", Journal of Environmental Management, 87: 484–496

SÃ¶derqvist, T., (1996), âContingent Valuation of a Less Eutrophicated Baltic Seaâ. Beijer Discussion Paper Series No. 88, The Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm

Sundqvist, T. (2002), âQuantifying non-residential preferences over the environmental impacts of hydropower in Sweden: A choice experiment approachâ, In Power Generation Choice in the Presence of Environmental Externalities. Doctoral thesis, 2002:26, LuleÃ¥ University of Technology

Willis K. and Garrod, G.D. (1990) âThe Individual Travel Cost Method and the Value of Recreation: The Case of the Montgomery and Lancaster Canalsâ, Environment and Planning C, Government and Policy 8:315-326